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One of the hardest truths about human nature is that we lash out at those we are closest to.
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142 |
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Once you have been hurt, you naturally soothe yourself by hating the person who hurt you.
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214 |
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To do what is right, we often need not to do what we naturally want to do. Never is this truer than when we seek revenge.
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230 |
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…great accomplishment is not about natural talent, but instead about being in the right place at the right time to accumulate such a massive amount of practice.
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081 |
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…scientists have failed to find much evidence of natural abilities explaining experts’ successes.
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084 |
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Being effective – changing things, influencing things, making things happen – is one of the fundamental needs with which human brains seem to be naturally endowed…
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020 |
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Shaped by your nature and nurture, your particular way of paying attention contributes to your unique perspective, which by definition complicates seeing things from someone else’s.
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092 |
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…attention’s selective nature guarantees that even in a close relationship, two partners often focus on different realities.
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093 |
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By its very nature, meaningful work is hard; people often get the greatest satisfaction from overcoming, the most difficult challenges.
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177 |
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Despite their numerical nature, price decisions usually have a strong intuitive component.
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094 |
